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This is our 3rd trip to Kanching Waterfall and 1st time with Pro B. Due to its short journey (approximately 30 minutes from PJ) and easy access, we will definately visit it quite often in the near future. The place is well-maintained and considerable clean, except for some monkeys terrorizing through the dustbin and attempting to steal the visitors’ snacks. Nonetheless, visitors are require to paid Rm2 per car and Rm1 per person for entry, thus they do have cleaners there working diligently. Public toilet is Rm0.50 per entry.

Rainforest Canopy @ Hutan Lipur Sg. Kanching

If you are travelling from KL, please be reminded to make the U-turn at the 1st traffic light once entering Rawang town. The Hutan Lipur Kanching will be on your left, do not mistaken it for other entries into the Templer Park.

The Kanching Waterfall is famous for its total of 7 levels of waterfalls. At the 3rd and 4th level there are man-made pools for you to swim in and also the most packed with visitors. We feel that the best spot is at the 5th level and usually is vacant as well. Here we were attempting with the dreamy waterfall effect.

Level 5 of Kanching Waterfall

The park is haven for monkeys. They usually start their feeding activities around 10am onwards. Is easy to get some really nice of shots of them, as they are almost everywhere.

Female monkey with her infant @ Kanching

Becareful with your belongings while you are there. Watch out for those mischievous monkeys.

Located within the city center, the KL Bird Park is near the Lake Garden. In the near proximity, there are Orchid Garden and Butterfly Garden as well. The entrance fee to the Bird Park is Rm20 per adult. Do remember to bring along any Jusco card, if you have any, as you will be entitle for Rm5 discount.

Once we entered the free-flight walk-in aviary, the most stunning view that captured our attention is the male peacock opening up his colorful train. Without wasting any precious time, we tried to get the best capture before he get away. However, upon exploring the park, you will actually encounter them many times and is not even difficult to get to see them showing off their beauty. They seems to even enjoy the attention.

Indian Blue Peacock @ KL Bird Park

Right at the time when we reached the Flamingo Pond, it was the feeding time. Many of them flew across our heads to snatch the fishes thrown by the feeder.

Egret @ KL Bird Park

The visit was definately worth it and the place is well maintained. Apart from the predator species, such as Hornbills and Eagles are being caged, most other birds are free to roam around the enclosed aviary. We would only like to comment on the condition of the pond that looks filthy and most of the Flamingo looks like they had been covered with dirt. It was a pity at the Feathered Friends Photo Booth, whereby the birds look handicap to me. The owl who was drop on the floor was incapable to even get himself up. And to the parents, please control your children and not let them chase after the free roaming birds.

Chick @ Nursery

We end our trip with a dessert at Hornbill Restaurant. The menu consist of an array of local and western cuisine with a steep price list, no doubt targeting the foreign tourists. The main attraction of the restaurant is that, there is a Hornbill loitering around the outdoor dining space.

It was the New Year Eve, PaccoMobile decided to head out to Bukit Tinggi. We travelled 1.5hr by using North-South Highway to reach Bukit Tinggi. The direction is quite straight forward. Once you passed the exit to Genting Highland and then the Genting tunnel, lookout for the Bukit Tinggi exit. From there onwards, is hard to lost your way.

There is a tol-like booth on our way of entry and we paid an entrance fee of RM12 per adult. According to my previous surveyed, it supposed to be RM10. We decided to check out the Colmar Tropicale first before moving to Japanese Village. It ended up to be the right choice.

Colmar Tropicale

The French-themed resort looks appealing and couple with the cooling environment, you feels as if you’re away from Malaysia for a moment. There are 2 pairs of black and white swans paddling around by the small pond that added a sense of serenity. However, didn’t manage to capture any decent photo of those swans, as their aren’t really cooperative. Nevertheless, we came across an agile monkey in the course of stealing breads from the kitchen.

Monkey in action

We then boarded the free shuttle truck from Colmar Tropicale to Japanese Village. On the way itself, we noticed if you were to drive your way to Japanese Village, their parking is quite far away from the garden itself and you will have to hike up a long path. Therefore, you are advise to park your car at Colmar Tropicale and get the shuttle service instead.

Japanese Village

The mentioned of Japanese definately included the present of Koi. There were many of them, including some mini man-made waterfalls. The renting of Kimono cost RM20, and we decided to skip that. There were several middle aged men with their enormous zooming lens parking around the garden, nonetheless anticipating the appearance of exotic birds. We were only equip with 18-105mm, so forget about chasing after flying birds.

The Botanical Garden is at close proximity to Japanese Village. There are many colorfuls flower due to the cooling weather that enable them to blossom beautifully. If you have an eye for details, you will manage to spot many insects around.

Botanical Garden @ Japanese Village

There aren’t any exciting activity to be done at Bukit Tinggi, unless you are into golf and horse riding. But we did enjoyed the cool weather and admiring the nature beauty. Will definately come back soon. Hope they don’t increase the entrance fee anymore.